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Originally Posted by EdVinMass

Helloooooo back. The residents in the 10 CDD’s have no financial interest in any of the town squares, commercial properties, and medical facilities. They are there for the business interest of those commercial owners and provide a benefit to all residents of the three surrounding counties.

The ‘lifestyle’ marketing hype if anything is the right to the exclusive use of all the recreational amenities and facilities (which you also don’t own) in exchange for your amenity fee via a binding contract you signed at the time of purchase. Nowhere in that contract does it mention let alone give anyone the right to lay claim to the commercial properties and squares.

edvinmass - using your explanation, would you be so good as to explain the following from district gov.org Village Community Development Districts:
"Among the services provided by Sumter Landing Community Development District to residential properties within The Villages are security, fire and emergency medical first response (non-transport) services, recreational facilities and services, stormwater collection and distribution and treated effluent distribution, and executive golf. Many of these services are paid for through the receipt of monthly contractual amenity fees paid by each residential property within the service area of the District, as described by the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions applying to each residential property. Certain services provided are paid for through user fees."

given that there may not be any "...residential properties contained within the boundaries of the Sumter Landing Community Development District..." [from the same article] it is my opinion that the residents of the district do have a vested if not financial interest in the town squares and surrounding commercial properties since residential property owners do have a portion of their amenity go toward payment for the services provided to them by the district.

and from the july, 2012 poa bulletin in which the question was posed - "Who owns the ’squares’? the answer provided was:
"The squares are owned by the commercial District governments. They were deeded to each commercial District by the Developer. The Developer leases them from the District for $25 per day, he has a ground lease on the kiosks for $800 per square per year and he provides the nightly entertainment gratis."
further evidence of your point that residents do not own the commercial property...but also of mine and others that villagers do have an interest in the squares and are personally correct in referring to them as our squares.

perhaps things are different in the village of stonecrest?